The local authorities which oversee most London state schools dislike any form of selection in school admissions.

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Labour tends to make much of the few educational causes that unite it, such as opposition to profit-making organisations running schools and academic selection of pupils, neither of which are part of the academy or free-school model.

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"The basis of the legal argument that we will contend is that we don't consider European procurement law to be applicable in the selection of sponsors because they raise money for a school rather than profit from it, " Schools Minister Jim Knight says.

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"The current system of academic selection at age 11 has contributed to what is in fact a mediocre performance of the school system in Northern Ireland by international standards, " the statement added.

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But the opposition parties said that attempts to blame school selection policies and the "foundation" status of three schools had been a smokescreen.

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The card was targeted at young mothers and IDEO's observation team set about following a selection of moms around as they went about their daily business: taking their children to school, shopping, even balancing their checkbooks.

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For the time being, most business schools only offer an interview after a candidate has submitted their written application, so being selection to interview is the first major hurdle on the road to a place at the school of their dreams.

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In 1997, after a federal court had outlawed race-based selection for its public universities, Texas introduced a scheme guaranteeing university places to the top 10% of every high-school class.

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